Dipper



(No Model.)

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Nrrn rarns ROBERT S. DIMMOCK, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

DIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,71 5, dated March 15, 1898..

Application filed January 11, 1897. Renewed January 20, 1898. Serial No. 667,355. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT S. DIMMOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dippers; and I do declare the following tobe afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to dipper-s.

The object of the invention is to provide a dipper for ordinary use composed of such materials as to avoid injury by reason of corrosion when used in connection with liquids which ordinarily attack the metals commonly used for making articles of the kind and which is so constructed as to render it durable and not liable to injury by the usual uses to which dippers are placed.

WVith this object in View the invention consists of a dipper constructed in the form and of the materials substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a dipper constructed in accordance with my invention, showing by dotted lines the form of projection from the bowl. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the bowl, showing the projection therefrom in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a side view of the socket for attaching the handle to the bowl, and Fig. 4c is a sectional view of the socket.

In the drawings, A represents the bowl of the dipper, which is composed of glass, earthenware, or other substance which is impervious to the action of acids and alkalies and which is capable of being molded when in a plastic condition.

13 represents a socket to be attached to the bowl A in any suitable way which will prevent independent turning of the socket and will form secure means for attaching a handle to the bowl. The socket is composed, preferably, of a metal, such as aluminium, which is not subject to corrosion and which therefore may be used in alkali waters, in acid solutions, drc. The socket is provided with a series of internal screw-threads of, with which engage corresponding screw-threads c on the end of the handle 0, which end is designed to enter the socket. The handle 0 is composed of any suitable material, such as wood or the like, and is made detachable, in order that a handle may be transferred from one bowl to another, if desired, in case of breakage of the bowl or for other reasons.

In making my dipper the bowl A, which is preferably of glass, is pressed or molded into suitable shape and has formed with it a projection a, to which is designed to be attached the socket B. The projection is provided adjacent to the bowl with a transverse depression a extending entirely around the projection, and it is also provided with two or more longitudinal depressions or grooves a, extending from the outer end of the projection to the transverse depression (P.

The socket B, which is preferably formed of thin metal, is at its inner end of a size to closely inclose the projection and is attached to the projection by depressing its walls to form inwardly-extending projections b, which enter the depressions in the projection a. The extreme inner end of the socket is turned inward to form a lip which enters the depression of, and the sides of the socket, over the depressions a, are forced inward, forming projections on their inner faces of a form and size to fit accurately in the depressions. In attaching the socket to the projection a of the bowl the socket is first provided in its sides with depressions entering the longitudinal depressions in the projection, and the socket is then slid into place, after which the extreme inner end of the socket is depressed to enter the indentation a extending around the socket.

From the foregoing it will be clear that the dipper constructed in accordance with my invention will be free from corrosion in all its parts and that the bowl and adjacent parts may be readily cleaned or freed from any substance which might adhere to it. The utilization of aluminium for the socket is preferable for the reason that it affords means for receiving the end of the handle 0 which is not liable to split or break by the introduction of the handle, as would be the case were a projection of a plastic material used for receiving the screw-threaded end of the handle, and one which will not corrode when brought into contact with acids, alkalies, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A dipper having its bowl composed of a fragile noncorrosive substance such as glass, a projection integral with and extending from the bowl, a transverse depression surrounding the projection adjacent to the bowl, and longitudinal depressions or grooves extending from the outer end of the projection to the transverse depression, a socket of thin noncorrosive metal having its end bent inward to enter the depression surrounding the projection and having its Wall indented to form projections to enter the longitudinal depressions in the projection, and a handle entering the socket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT S. DIMMOOK. Witnesses:

W. W. SMITH, C. J. Seances. 

